Design for a Candelabrum Representing the Three Graces Gathering the Apples of Hesper

John Flaxman, c. 1816

This is a drawing of a group of intertwined figures that seem to be part of a tree. The drawing is composed of simple, sketchy lines outlining a tree with foliage at the top and multiple figures intertwined along its… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: John Flaxman ¹
Date: c. 1816 ¹
Medium: pen and gray ink over graphite ¹
Original: 2,111 × 5,383 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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